Justin Herron

Height:
6-5
Weight:
300
Class:
Redshirt Sophomore
Hometown:
Silver Spring, MD
High School:
Bullis

Herron Post-Career Bio

2019 (Grad Student)
Elected a team captain for the 2019 season ... All-ACC Academic team ... Reese’s Senior Bowl ... Third team All-ACC ... Third team All-ACC by Phil Steel ... Accepted invitation to Senior Bowl ... Named the Mayo Clinic Comeback Player of the Week on Oct. 22 ...Invited to East-West Shrine Game ... Named to the Pro Football Focus ACC Team of the Week following the Elon game ... Named to the Pro Football Focus ACC Team of the Week following the North Carolina game ... Named to the Pro Football Focus ACC Team of the Week following the Rice game ... Started all 13 games and saw 1,017 offense snaps ... On the field for 106 plays vs. Utah State (8/30) and 101 vs. Syracuse (11/30) ... Set the school record with 51 games started in a career ... Named third team preseason All-ACC by Athlon ... Preseason Outland Trophy watch list ... Preseason Senior Bowl Watch List.

2018 (Redshirt Senior)
Was a preseason third team All-ACC pick in 2018 ... Made his 38th career start vs. Tulane in the 2018 season-opener but suffered a torn ACL and missed the remainder of the season ... The record for career starts by a Deacon offensive lineman is 48 by Steve Vallos (2003-06).

2017 (Redshirt Junior)
Named to the All-ACC Academic Football Team ... Named third team All-ACC ... Graded out at 93 percent vs. the Orange (11/11) as the Deacons set a school record with 734 total offense yards ... Blocked for Wake Forest’s record-setting offense that set school marks for total offense yards and points in a season ... The O-line reduced sacks allowed by 49 percent over 2016 ... On the field for 987 snaps, tied for the most on the team among offensive linemen ... Helped Wake Forest’s offense post five of the top 10 total offense marks in school history.

2016 (Redshirt Sophomore)
Started 12 games as a redshirt sophomore ... Missed the Delaware game after suffering an injury vs. Duke (9/10) ... On the field for an even 800 snaps in 2016 ... Tied for the highest offensive line grade against Duke ... Posted the second-highest grade against Florida State ... Academic All-ACC selection ... Third team preseason All-ACC by Phil Steele.

2015 (Redshirt Freshman)
Made collegiate debut with start at LT vs. Elon (9/3) in the season-opener ... Started all 12 games at LT ... Led all offensive linemen with 841 snaps ... Had a season-high 83 snaps against Indiana (9/26) and Florida State (10/3) ... Came out on top in OL grading in the season finale at Duke (11/28).

2014 (True Freshman)
Redshirted.

High School
A 2014 graduate of the Bullis School in Potomac, Md. ... Rated the No. 57 offensive tackle in the nation by Rivals ... A three-time All-Interstate Athletic Conference pick ... Named All-Montgomery County Gazette in 2012 and 2013 ... All-Sentinel team in 2012 ... Earned MVP honors at the Maryland Crab Bowl, an all-star game for Baltimore and Washington D.C. area players ... Helped the D.C. team to a 30-21 win over Baltimore ... Named First Team Washington Post All-MET ... First Team Private School All-State as a senior ... Played both offensive tackle and on the defensive line for the Bulldogs ... Team captain ... Played for Coach Pat Cilento ... Participated in the Big 33 Game ... Was strictly a basketball player until his freshman year of high school ... Played defensive exclusively as a sophomore before playing both offense and defense as a junior and senior ... Played the trumpet in the Jazz Ensemble and Concert Band at Bullis ... Also participated in basketball and baseball ... 2013 American Family Insurance All-Maryland First Team.

Personal
Son of Reggie and Brigitte Herron ... Father, Reggie, and uncles, Larry Herron and Keith Herron, all played basketball at Villanova ... Born Nov. 27, 1995 ... Last name is pronounced “her-RON” ... Graduated in May, 2019 and will begin a graduate program in the fall.